The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has attributed the power outages that hit parts of the country early Monday morning to “a disturbance on its transmission network.”<\/p>\n
A number of areas, especially within the capital city Accra, suffered a blackout in the early hours of Monday, January 29, 2018.<\/p>\n
GRIDCo clarified that\u00a0the blackout was caused by an interference in their transmission network after many affected Ghanaians complained to Citi News <\/strong>over the issue.<\/p>\n \u201cGhana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) wishes to inform the general public of a disturbance on its transmission network resulting in the loss of electricity supply to consumers in some parts of the country,\u201d GRIDCo stated in a statement signed by its head of Public Relations, Albert Kwesi Quainoo.<\/p>\n The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) had earlier denied responsibility for the outages blaming it entirely on GRIDCo.<\/p>\n Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Public Relations Officer of ECG, William Boateng said: \u201cThe problem is not from ECG, it\u2019s from our transmission company in Ghana here, GRIDCo. GRIDCo is having some challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, GRIDCo in the statement said its technicians are working round the clock to restore power to the affected areas.<\/p>\n \u201cGRIDCo is working to restore supply to consumers,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n GRIDCo faults result in mass blackouts<\/strong> Power was however restored a few hours later.<\/p>\n A similar power outage was also recorded on May 3, 2017 as a result of a surge of power leading to the loss of a number of GRIDCo<\/strong><\/a><\/span> generators across the country and the subsequent loss of power.<\/p>\n It took over 12 hours to fully restore power that time.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
\nTechnical challenges confronting the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) resulted in widespread blackouts in GRIDCo-served regions in July 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n
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